Privacy Policy

Who We Are
Welcome to Carmella Consulting. Our website address is https://carmellaconsulting.com. We’re dedicated to helping businesses grow through marketing, leadership, and strategic consulting.

Comments
When you leave a comment on our site, we collect the information you provide in the comment form, along with your IP address and browser details to help prevent spam. We may use an anonymized version of your email (called a hash) with Gravatar to display your profile picture. Once your comment is approved, it will appear publicly alongside your photo.

Media
If you upload images to the site, avoid including location data (EXIF GPS), as visitors can download and extract that information.

Cookies
When you leave a comment, you can choose to save your name, email, and website in cookies for convenience, so you don’t have to re-enter them next time. These cookies last for one year.
We also use cookies to manage login sessions and preferences. Login cookies last two days; display preference cookies last a year. Selecting “Remember Me” keeps you logged in for two weeks. If you log out, cookies are cleared. Editing or publishing content sets a cookie (no personal data) that expires after a day.

Embedded Content
Our articles may include embedded content (like videos or images) from other sites, which may collect data, use cookies, or track your interaction—just like if you visited those sites directly.

Data Sharing
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

Data Retention
Comments and related data are stored indefinitely to automatically recognize and approve future comments. If you create an account, we store the personal information you provide in your profile. You can view, edit, or delete your info anytime (except your username). Site admins can also access and edit this data.

Your Data Rights
If you have an account or have left comments, you can request an export of your personal data or ask us to erase it. This excludes data we must keep for legal or security reasons.

Where Your Data Goes
Visitor comments may be checked through automated spam detection services.